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I love flatwings, myself. The action on the hackle is much better than alighning the hackle quills vertically, and you get a slower descent, which lets you control the depth you work. Ken Abrames showed me a great tip for tying flatwings without the hackle spinning on the hook shank. Strip some of the fuzz from the butt end of the feather, the stuff you often strip and discard. Wet your fingers with saliva, pick up the fuzz, and wind it onto a section of thread about two inches long, dubbing style. Wrap that along the hook shank just forward of the hook bend, forming a little pillow on the shank. Now, when you place that hackle on, it is supported in place by that pillow, and won't rotate on the shank.
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